2013 Rejected a National Labor Relations Board rule requiring employers to inform employees of their right to unionize.

2011 Rejected a new Securities and Exchange Commission regulation that would have made it easier for shareholders oust corporate directors.

There are six other judges who have moved from active to “senior status” on the court. It is typical for three-judge panels, randomly chosen and consisting of the full-time and often senior
judges, to decide cases.

The current bench is made up equally of judges appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents, including the first of Mr. Obama’s nominations to be approved, Sri Srinivasan.

Sources: Russell Wheeler, Brookings Institution;United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit